Milk-server.



PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

C. G. BENNETT.

MILK SERVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1904.

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MILK SERVER.

APPLICATION FILED HA3. 5, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

MILK-SERVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,552, dated November8, 1904.

Application filed March 5, 1904.

To 11]] whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BENNETT, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and 1mproved Milk-Server, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to a device intended particularly for use bypersons delivering bottled milk, but useful in various otherconnections, as will be apparent. In the work of delivering bottledmilk, particularly in cities, where a number of different families livein a single house, great inconvenience is experienced by the persondelivering the milk in carrying the required number of bottles into thehouse at one trip from the delivery-wagon. According to the practice nowin vogue it is frequent that several trips are necessary. The presentinvention seeks to overcome this disadvantage by providing a devicewhich may be readily adjusted to the number of bottles or packagesrequired to be carried, so that whether a large or a small number ofbottles are to be delivered at a single house the instrument willnevertheless be susceptible to such adjustment as will adapt it to theexisting conditions.

This specification is an exact description of one example of myinvention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the invention on the line 1 1 ofFig. 2. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isan enlarged view illustrating the sliding connection between two of thesections of the device. Fig.4 is a cross-section of the device in itsfolded or contracted form, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of thesliding connection between two of the sections.

According to the construction here shown the milk-server is formed inthree sections A, B, and C, which are arranged to be extended one abovethe other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or nested one within the other, asshown Serial No. 196,710. (No model.)

- in Fig. 4. When said sections are nested, the milk-server has itsminimum capacity, the bottles being then placed in the upper section A,and swinging catches 10 are provided to hold the sections nested.

11 indicates a bail or handle which is attached to the upper section A.and by means of which the device may be convenientlycarried. Eachsection is provided with partitions a, 7). and 0, these being arrangedto nest one over the other, as shown in Fig. 4, when the device isfolded and forming the several sections into a number of compartmentsadapted one for each bottle. The number of these compartments may be anydesired. According to the construction here shown-I have illustratedeach section as provided with six compartments, so that the maximumcapacity of a milk-server is eighteen bottles. When the device isextended, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the catches 10 are moved into their outeror inactive position.

The several sections A, B, and C are joined together by contractibleconnections. (Illustrated in detail in Figs. 3 and 5.) These connectionsare in two series, one series connecting the bottom and middle sectionof'the milkserver and the other series connecting the middle andtop'sections of the milk -server.

Each series comprises four connections, arranged one at each corner ofthe respective section of the milk-server, and each connection comprisesthree telescopic members 12,14, and 15, the members 12 and 15 beingjoined to the two sections of the milk-server which are to be connectedand the member 14 being loosely engaged with the members 12 and 15. Thetwo members 12 and 14, which are the bottom members of each connection,are formed with longitudinal slots 16 at their inner sides, and throughthese slotsthe outwardly-projecting arms 17 are arranged to pass, saidarms being attached to the part 15 of the connection and to the upper ofthe two sections of the milk-server which are to be joined by theconnection. Said arms 17 serve, therefore, rigidly to fasten theconnection-sections 15 in place, and when the milk-server is folded, asin Fig. 4, the parts 15 and 14 lie within the part 12 and the arms 17extend through the slots 16. The parts 15 and 14 of the said telescopicconnections are formed at their lower edges with flanges 18, which limitthe outward movement of said parts, and the connections are held withinthe milk-server sections in folded position by means of the before-described catches 10.

The several sections A, B, and C of the milkserver may be of anyspecific construction desired. They are here illustrated as formed ofmetallic slats suitably riveted together, and this is the constructionpreferred. The device may, however, be made of woven wire, foraminatedmetal, or a composite structure of Wood and iron without departing fromthe essential principles of my invention.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of myinvention maybe resorted to at will Without departing from the spiritand scope of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A milk'server, comprising aplurality of sectionscapable each of carrying a number of packages and of nesting one withinthe other, or of moving to extended position one above the other, meansfor removably holding the sections nested, and means for limiting theoutward or separate movement of said sections, the former meanscomprising catches pivoted on the bottom or main section and capable ofswinging inward into engagement with the other sections to hold themnested.

2. A milk-server, comprising two sections capable of nesting the onewithin the other, a connection-section attached to the bottom section ofthe milk-server, a connection-section sliding freely on the first-namedconnectionsection, and a third connection-section, attached to thesecond or remaining section of the milk-server by means of atransverselyextending arm, the first and second connection-sectionshaving longitudinal slots therein to receive the said arm.

3. A milk-server, comprising a plurality of sections capable of nestingone Within the other or of being moved to extended position, for thepurpose specified, and partitions Within said sections, the partitionsof the bottom or outer sections being constructed of parts capable ofnesting within the parts of the partitions of the upper section.

t. A milk-server comprising a plurality of sections capable each ofcarrying a number of packages, and each having a partition separatingthe packages, the said sections being capable of nesting one Within theother or of moving to extended position one beyond the other, and thepartitions of one section nesting within the partitions of the othersection when said sections are nested together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BENNETT.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN R. LANG, GUsT BRUNNER.

